Gingerbread cookies: Good Bitches Baking cookbook recipe

by Metropol | June 25, 2025 8:40 am

From the Good Bitches Baking cookbook, local baker Judith Varga shares her recipe for Mézeskalács – often translated as ‘gingerbread’ but directly translating to ‘honey cake’.

INGREDIENTS | Makes 100

• 250g honey
• 300g butter
• 300g light brown sugar
• 3+1 eggs (keep the last egg for glazing, optional)
• 1kg flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 large pinch of salt
• Grated peel of 1 orange
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp nutmeg

METHOD

• Prepare the dough
• Crush the cloves and allspice in a mortar and pestle and mix with the other spices.
• Put the honey and spices in a small saucepan, heat until the honey boils, add the butter in small pieces, and allow to melt completely.
• In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking soda and salt.
• Whisk the sugar and 3 eggs in a mixer until foamy, then replace the whisk with a mixing paddle, turn the mixer on low and alternately add the flour and the honey mixture to the egg. You get a heavy, sticky mass.
• Remove from the mixing bowl, wrap in cling film or place in a bowl covered with a damp tea towel and refrigerate overnight.

Shape and cook the biscuits

• Once out of the fridge, let the dough warm a little and then divide it into 3 parts.
• Roll out on a floured board to a thickness of 3 to 4mm. Shape it into any shape you like. (Judith uses cookie cutters).
• Put the dough back in the fridge if you are slow, as warm dough is impossible to work with.
• Whisk an egg with a tablespoon of water and brush the gingerbread with it.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 5-7 minutes, just until they have a little colour.
• Ice them when cooled.

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